Publishers Weekly raves about Scorpions’ Dance, my forthcoming book on the CIA and Watergate, including its revelations about the JFK assassination story.
…The CIA and Watergate: ‘An eye-opening investigation’Read More »
Back in 2014, Rick Bauer shared his memories of David Ferrie, a man who has been the object of JFK conspiracy speculation for decades.
In Oliver Stone’s “JFK” Ferrie was memorably portrayed by Joe Pesci. In real life, Ferrie was fervently right-wing in his politics and hostile to President Kennedy. He knew Lee Oswald from a young age and he seemed to know of a plot against JFK in 1963, though his exact role in the events leading to the assassination are difficult to determine. He died suddenly in 1967.
Read more: David Ferrie: Up close and personal.
As for those 14,000+ JFK files that still contain redactions, some friends tell me, “There’s nothing in there of significance.” This is reassuring. But is it true?
We may find out later this year. President Biden has ordered all JFK files to released by December 15, 2022. I’m looking forward to seeing the unredacted files of those CIA officers most knowledgable about Lee Harvey Oswald before JFK was killed.
For example, Birch Dilworth O’Neal. O’Neal’s 224 page CIA personnel file, released in April 2018, still has scores of redactions.
Why is Birch O’Neal significant?
…Nothing in the JFK files? Take a look at Birch O’Neal.Read More »
I explained what we know now about what the JFK files that the CIA refuses to release.
One of the most significant JFK disclosures in recent years is a declassified memo stating that the CIA opened, read, and copied the correspondence of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who supposedly killed President Kennedy.
This spying was conducted by a super secret office in the Counterintelligence Staff, known as the Special Investigations Group, or CI/SIG.
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This commentary comes from Robert Reynolds, a professor at Chi Nan University in Taiwan, via Max Holland’s Washington Decoded site. Since Reynolds mentions my work in his commentary I thought I would introduce him and his work to readers of JFK Facts. Reynolds is part of a diverse listserve of JFK authors and researchers managed by emeritus researcher Paul Hoch. Reynold’s criticism, though I disagreed with it, forced me to clarify my thinking about the last of the JFK files. Here is how Reynolds introduced himself to our group, followed by some highlights of his Washington Decoded piece.
I have responded to Reynolds in a separate post, “JFK Most Wanted: Three Key CIA Files That Need to Be Declassified.”
…JFK Most Wanted: ‘Little Historically Significant Material Is Being Withheld’Read More »
After I read Robert Reynold’s piece in Washington Decoded, I wrote him a note in our JFK researchers list serve.
…JFK Most Wanted: Three Key CIA Files That Need to Be DeclassifiedRead More »
“On December 15, came yet another revelation. Under an October 22 order from President Biden, the CIA released 953 documents in their entirety for the first time, including two cables about Oswald written six weeks before Kennedy was killed. For the first time in 58 years, these two messages were completely declassified.”
Source: JFK Revisited: Oliver Stone and the New JFK Fact Pattern – CounterPunch.org
I recently spoke about the latest in JFK news with John Sakowicz and Mary Massey, hosts of Heroes and Patriots, a biweekly show about politics and policy, broadcast on KMUD Radio in northern California.
…In this piece for POLITICO Phil Shenon hews to the official theory of a lone gunman, but he makes an important point about the CIA’s changing JFK story. In 2013, the CIA’s Chief Historian David Robarge admitted the Agency had misled the American people about the man who supposedly killed Kennedy.
…December 15 is the next deadline for federal agencies to release files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy 58 years ago. What will we see? Last month, I offered some “smoking gun” possibilities in the Miami Herald. The pro-CIA Washington Decoded pooh poohs the idea that the JFK files contain anything of significance.
And that’s the JFK debate in a nutshell. There’s the people, like Harvard professor Cass Sunstein, who say, in effect, A little man killed a big man, get over it. And there’s the people, like Nobel Prize laureate Bob Dylan, who respond, Some big men killed a big man–and they got away with it. Who is right? This week will offer some clues.
…Five Questions About Biden’s Dec. 15 JFK DisclosuresRead More »
Bob Dylan played in DC tonight. I didn’t have tickets so I have to settle for re-upping my Lit Hub tribute to “Murder Most Foul”
…What Bob Dylan Told Me About the Assassination of JFK Read More »
When History Hit, a British history channel, asked me for an interview about the 58th anniversary of JFK’s assassination, I hastened to agree, especially when they said they’d throw in a hundred dollars for my trouble. “A hundred quid is always welcome,” I said to my new-found Cousins. Stateside news outlets are rarely so fair to free-lance talent. …
JFK’s Assassination Explained For British History ChannelRead More »
As I wrote in today’s Miami Herald…..
But when the Biden White House announced late in the evening of Oct. 22 that the last of the JFK documents would not be released until December 2022 at the earliest, I began to rethink my caution
Source: Biden delays release of Kennedy assassination files until 2022 | Miami Herald
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